with Trish Knight,Head Coach, Texas Tech University;2x AVCA Junior College Coach of the Year while at Missouri State;member of the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame (2005), Career record at Missouri State 676-170

As a 4x state championship high school coach and multi-time Junior College Coach of the Year, Trish Knight has experienced success at every level she has coached. In this on-court AVCA convention presentation, Coach Knight shares a series of skill and drill progressions designed to improve overall passing skills, with the ultimate goal of mastering deep receive passes. Knight begins with passing basics featuring a review of proper passing mechanics including platform and body positioning, and a three-drill progression to train stationary and movement pattern passing. Knight moves to her 5-phase progression for lunge passing, which includes lunge basics, low lunge passing, deep ball passing and deep and short passing combinations. This series of progressions offers a clear idea of how to work your players from the basics through more advanced passing. The key to successful skill development in passing is the development of the toss. Throughout her presentation, Knight shares instruction on how to perfect the toss to assist in more rapid passing development. Knight offers you creative ways to improve the range of your passer.